*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TT5900000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Potassium sulfate (2:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7778-80-5
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 10233-01-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O4-S.2K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 174.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  KA2 S-O4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Sulfuric acid, dipotassium salt
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.  (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-109, 1873-1925.  For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,169,1886
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 6600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 50(7),24,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1360,1935
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 15 mg/m3/4H/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Endocrine - changes in adrenal weight
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in sodium
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - dehydrogenases
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 28(7),47,1984

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 60540
       No. of Facilities: 2504 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 23
       No. of Occupations: 40
       No. of Employees: 24082 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1826
       No. of Facilities: 20 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 238 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 60540
       No. of Facilities: 6540 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 62
       No. of Occupations: 76
       No. of Employees: 120743 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 31373 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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